2004 BUICK RENDEZVOUS Complaints

SERVICE ENGIN LIGHT CAM EON AND STAYED ON. SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THREE SEPARATE EMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEMS. JUNE 2, 2004 EVAP ALARM ON FUEL CAP, JUNE 12, 2004 LARGE LEAK DETECTED FOUND LEAKING SOLONOID, JUNE 22, 2004 LARGE LEAK DETECTED HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 DAYS AND RETURNED STATING EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. *AK

WHILE PRESSING DOWN ON THE HORN, IT FAILED. THE DEALER HAD INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING AT 45 AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND PUT ON A SPARE TIRE. *AK ALSO IN QUESTION TIRE AND OR DOT#F88DDP1156) *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE DEBRIS HIT THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STOPPED TO FUEL THE VEHICLE, AND GASOLINE LEAKED UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE DEBRIS HIT THE FUEL TANK NECK AND CAUSED THE NECK TO BREAK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. *AK

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SYMPTOMS WHICH I EXPERIENCED WITHIN 1-3 MILES OF LEAVING YOUR DEALERSHIP: 1.TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED 2.ENGINE RACED 3.TRANSMISSION REENGAGED 4.THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO BREAK TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT 5.SPEEDOMETER READINGS WERE ALL OVER THE DIAL AND NOT INDICATIVE OF SPEEDS ACTUALLY TRAVELED. WHEN THE ABOVE WAS NOT HAPPENING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY UNEVENLY*AK

GAS TANK NECK ON THE GAS TANK SNAPPED OFF WHEN HIT BY ROAD DEBRIS. AFTER DISCOVERING GAS SPILLING WHILE REFILLING , I NOTICED THE NECK ON THE GAS TANK WHERE THE FILLER HOSE CONNECTS TO THE GAS TANK (AT THE LOWEST POINT WHERE THE FILLER HOSE ENDS AND CONNECTS ONTO THE GAS TANK) HAD SNAPPED OFF. IT IS MY OPINION THE VEHICLE DESIGN LEAVES THE LOW HANGING HOSE (LIKE A RADIATOR HOSE) THAT CONNECTS TO THE NECK OF GAS TANK WAY OVER EXPOSED WITHOUT ANY SHEILDING FOR ROAD HAZARDS...IE DEBRIS...LUCKY FOR ME IT BROKE OF WHEN MY TANK WAS LOW. REPLACENT OF NEW TANK WAS $610 TOTAL COST WITH TAX AND LABOR WAS $778 TOTAL. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEN, DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT FRONT DRIVER'S AIR BAG HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS WAITING FOR THE PARTS. *AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL READING OF THE NUMBERS IS NOT CLEAR FOR CONSUMER TO SEE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE PUTS HIS GLASSES ON. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE MECHANIC DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER AT THIS TIME. *AK THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE GRAY ON GRAY PANEL WAS IN A SIX INCH RECESS DASH WHICH SHADES PENCIL THIN NUMBERS AND SLASHES BETWEEN NUMBERS E.G., 55/60. THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM WAS THE CLARITY OF THE SPEEDOMETER READINGS GOING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, OR WEST. (COULD NOT BE READ AT A GLANCE) *SC